Roofing-stool.



N0. 64!,0. Patented Jan. 9', I900. J. HINDS.

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(Application filed Aug. 21, 1899.)

(No Model.)

scription for which I have filed a concurrent llnrrnn STATES PATENT OFFIC JAMES HINDS, OF PARIS, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 641,110, dated January 9, 1900. Application filed August 21,1899. Serial No. 727,946. (No model-J To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES HINDs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paris, in the county of Edgar and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Roofing-Stools, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to stools for use in connection with roofing gages for setting shingles and tiles on roofs of the class or deapplication.

The object of the present invention is to provide an improved stool which can be used in nailing shingles or tiles to a roof and which shall possess superior advantages with respect to efficiency in use.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a roofing-stool con structed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 1 designates a seat supported by a vertical rod 2, the lower end of which is connected with a sill 3. This seat may be provided or not with a cushion, as may be desired. The said sill 3 is provided with one or more prongs or teeth 4, which are adapted to be engaged with the usual toe-board employed by roofers and is held in place thereby. Secured to said sill are two inclined legs 5, also provided with prongs or teeth 6, which engage with the sheathing of a roof and also serve to hold the device in place. The said legs are connected by a cross-bar 7, with which is connected at brace-bar 8, which is also connected with the rod which supports the seat and serves to brace and strengthen the same. The said supporting-rod is provided with a pitch-board 9, which rests on the roof and serves as a sup port for the seat.

As before stated, this seat or stool I design to use in connection with the roofing-gage for which I have made a concurrent application for patent and in use will be found very efficient and advantageous, as the workman can sit on the stool while roofing. Of course as the gage is moved laterally thestool must also be moved; but this is readily accomplished, as it is only necessary to withdraw the prongs or teeth from the toe-board and sheathing and engage them at other points.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a roofing-stool, the combination with the seat, of the supporting-rod and the inclined legs, provided with prongs or teeth and the sill also provided with prongs or teeth, substantially as described.

2. In a roofing-stool, the combination with the seat, the supporting-rod, the sill provided with prongs or teeth, and the pitch-board,of the legs connected with said sill provided with prongs or teeth, the cross-bar connecting the same and the brace-bar connected with said cross-bar and with said supporting-rod, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES HINDS.

Witnesses:

J. W. HOWELL, GEO. M. JETER. 

